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ClassicalEntanglementAmirahTownsend
WhatisQuantumentanglement?
• Taketwoseparateatoms
• Theycanbeeitherspinuporspindown
• Toentanglethem,orcombinethemeachbecomesasuperpositionofupanddown
• Forthetwoatoms:oneMUSTbespinupandtheotherMUSTbespindown
QuantumEntanglementImportant
• Quantumentanglementisusedtodeveloptoolsthatmakerealworldproblemseasiertosolve
• Ex:StrontiumClock,QuantumComputer
• Butthiscanbeveryexpensive!!!!!Companiesspendingbillionsjustonquantumcomputer.
• However,itispossibletocreateentanglementinaclassicalsystem.
Howdoesthisclassicalexperimentplayarole?
• Youhavetwodifferentlightmodes
• Witheitheraverticalpolarizationorahorizontalpolarization
• Aftermeasuringonetheybecomeentangledandeachisasuperpositionofhorizontalorvertical
• Forthetwolightmodes:oneMUSTbeverticallypolarizedandtheotherMUSTbehorizontallypolarized
What’sNext?
• WearetryingtorecreateClassicalentanglementwithregularLightbeamsandthenLGbeams
• Wewanttoevaluatethequality,howtheypropagate,andseetheeffectsthebeamscancreate
• Makeobservations
Questions?